vOdgeball 2011: The Social & Philanthropic Event of VMworld
Last year at VMworld 2010, my friends at EMC invited a number of us to participate in friendly evening of dodgeball. Little did anyone know that the mere suggestion of such an event would quickly blossom and take on a life of it’s own. No sooner had the planning begun when the term dodgeball was […]
On Non-Disruptive Transformation
Today’s post is a short one as my lovely bride is looking to strangle me for writing while we are on vacation… I wanted to share with you the post ‘Get on to My Cloud‘ from Kent Christensen, the Virtualization Practice Manager at Datalink. I meet with customers almost daily. Often they are seeking prescriptive guidance […]
Forrester Research Report : Storage Choices For Virtual Server Environments
I’ve been on a bit of a analyst report trend as of late. Hopefully you were able to download the report ESG Confirms: Virtualize the Array in order to Best Support the Cloud, the IDC Report: Accelerating Converged Infrastructure with FlexPod, and were able to review the results of the Wikibon research entitled, EMC and NetApp lead in […]
What My Cousin Vinny has in Common with VMware Storage Integrations
I recently watched the movie, My Cousin Vinny, a rather light-hearted and funny story that stars Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei in a comedic tale about the challenges facing an inexperienced, loud-mouthed lawyer from New York who defends two college students accused of murder in rural Alabama. There’s a scene in the movie that reminded me […]
Cisco Live Q&A – Cisco’s David Antkowiak on Putting the Flex in FlexPod
In November of 2010, Cisco and NetApp along with VMware launched the FlexPod, our pre-validated, cloud platform. Since it’s release 8 months ago, the FlexPod program has been an overwhelming success. We are continuing to enhance and grow the platform, by adding new partners who focus on delivering cloud based solutions, aiding our distributors to have enhanced […]